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ROTW: U.S. Issues Far-Reaching Rules to Stem Prison Rape
Thursday, May 17, 2012
- The New York Times
- Link: http://www.nytimes.com
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday issued the first comprehensive federal rules aimed at “zero tolerance” for sexual assaults against inmates in prisons, jails and other houses of detention.
The regulations, issued after years of discussions among officials and prisoner advocacy groups, address a problem that a new government study finds may afflict one out of every 10 prisoners, more than twice as many as suggested by an earlier survey.
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